St. Paul roofing, hail repair & storm restoration — based right here on Transfer Road
Repair King is headquartered at 680 Transfer Rd in the Midway, and St. Paul is our biggest market: 300 properties and more than 21,900 job photos in our system, from Victorians in Summit Hill to storefronts on University Avenue. We inspect roofs after hail and wind, document everything with dated photos, pull the city permit, and handle Heritage Preservation Commission paperwork when a property sits in one of St. Paul's historic districts.
St. Paul buildings we've worked on
St. Paul is a city of churches, corner cafes and apartment blocks as much as single-family blocks, and our crews have been on all of it. Here's some of the commercial and multifamily work in our files, alongside condo associations and townhome communities we also inspect and re-roof.
Hope Community Academy, 720 Payne Ave
On the East Side we tracked ceiling leaks at Hope Community Academy back to the school's low-slope roofs, cutting and measuring roof cores and checking seams and rooftop units, then flew the whole campus by drone in April 2026 to document every roof section.
Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps, Snelling Ave
We've been on the roofs at the Hubert H. Humphrey Job Corps Center on Snelling Avenue in winter, documenting heavy ice and snow loads on the low-slope roof and around the drains in March 2023, and back again that November.
St. James AME Church, 624 Central Ave W
St. James AME is one of the oldest Black congregations in St. Paul, organized in 1870 and rebuilt on Central Avenue after an earlier church burned in 1908. We've photographed and inspected this building's brick exterior and roofline as part of our commercial work in the neighborhood.
St. Sahag Armenian Church, 203 N Howell St
St. Sahag is the only Armenian church in Minnesota. The congregation bought the former Merriam Park Presbyterian Church, built in 1912, in 2000. We inspected the stone building's slate roof and documented the original tile and flashing.
Midway Café & Grill / Quality Inn, 1964 University Ave W
364 photos in our files from this University Avenue corner, covering the low-slope roof over the restaurant and motel building.
Motel 6, 1739 Old Hudson Rd
On the East Side near I-94, we've documented this motel's flat roof, parapet walls and rooftop units across repeat visits.
Louisiana Café, 613 Selby Ave
A Selby Avenue restaurant roof, inspected and documented from the parapet down to the flashing where it meets the neighboring brick building.
Roofs we see across St. Paul's neighborhoods
St. Paul was built one streetcar suburb and river bluff at a time, and each neighborhood brings its own roofing quirks — from steep Victorian rooflines to Ford-plant-era bungalows to riverfront flats.
Summit Hill & the Historic Hill District
Summit Avenue's mansions date mostly from the 1880s through 1915, and much of the neighborhood sits inside the Historic Hill District, listed on the National Register in 1976. Slate, tile and complex roof lines are common, and exterior work here often needs Heritage Preservation Commission review before a permit is issued.
Macalester-Groveland
Annexed by St. Paul in 1887 as part of old Reserve Township, Mac-Groveland filled in with streetcar-era homes in the 1890s and another wave of construction in the 1920s, so we see two distinct roof ages block to block.
Highland Park
Ford's Twin Cities Assembly Plant opened in 1925 and pulled homebuilding across former farmland through the 1920s-40s. Highland's bungalows and Cape Cods are now on their second or third roof.
Como
Home to Como Park and Lake, developed from the 1870s onward. Mature tree canopy near the park means more debris and moss in valleys than in newer parts of the city.
Frogtown
Settled in the 1860s-70s by German immigrants who called the swampy area Froschburg; steep-roofed two-story frame houses from that era still line the side streets off University Avenue.
Payne-Phalen
The East Side neighborhood grew up around Payne Avenue, a commercial corridor since the 1930s, and formerly housed Hamm's Brewery and other industry. We see both storefront flat roofs and older worker housing.
Dayton's Bluff
Named for 1850s land speculator Lyman Dayton and set on limestone bluffs above the river, this became a locally designated historic district in 1992, which brings its own design review for exterior work.
Midway
Our own neighborhood — Transfer Road takes its name from the Minnesota Transfer Railway, organized in 1883, which built the rail yards that made the Midway St. Paul's industrial and warehouse district.
West Side
Across the river on the flats and bluff, a neighborhood shaped by Irish, Jewish and Mexican-American families for over a century, with roofs ranging from river-flat postwar housing to bluff-top older homes.
When storms last hit St Paul
St. Paul sits in the middle of one of the Twin Cities' more active hail corridors. NOAA storm reports logged 2.25" hail near our St. Paul job sites on June 19, 2026 — the largest hail we've had reported here since 2015 — and 1.5" hail on September 21, 2025. Damaging wind gusts up to 66 mph were reported on July 27, 2025. Hail and wind that size can bruise shingles, crack vent caps, dent gutters and metal coping, and damage flat commercial roofs, even when nothing looks wrong from the sidewalk.
| Date | Type | What was reported |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | Hail | 2.25" hail reported |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Wind | Damaging wind reported (trees/limbs down) |
| Sep 21, 2025 | Hail | 1.5" hail reported |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Wind | 60 mph wind gust measured |
| Jul 27, 2025 | Wind | 66 mph wind gust measured |
| Jul 27, 2025 | Hail | 1.75" hail reported |
| Jun 28, 2025 | Wind | Damaging wind reported (trees/limbs down) |
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports within 3 miles of St Paul properties Repair King has worked on, through September 2026. Reports are from trained spotters and the public; hail can hit a street without a report.
What our inspection covers
- Every shingle slope or flat roof section walked, with hail hits chalk-marked and photographed
- Soft metals checked: vent caps, gutters, downspouts, coping, window wraps, AC fins
- Siding, screens and rooftop units checked on residential and commercial buildings alike
- Dated, GPS-tagged photo report you keep
Check your own address
Our free Roof & Storm Report looks up hail and wind history for your exact address, not just the city.
Real St. Paul jobs, from our job camera
Photos taken by Repair King crews at St Paul properties. Dates are the capture dates from our job camera.
Permits and Heritage Preservation in St. Paul
The City of St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections (DSI) requires a building permit for reroofing when the value of labor and materials exceeds $500, per the city's Reroofing Guideline under the 2020 Minnesota Residential Code. Repair King pulls the permit under our Minnesota contractor license (BC695228) and schedules the required inspection.
Ice barrier (ice-and-water shield) is required from the lowest roof edge to at least 24 inches inside the exterior wall line on most St. Paul roofs, per the Minnesota Residential Code section the city cites in its own reroofing guideline.
If a property sits in a designated Heritage Preservation District or on an individual heritage site — Summit Hill's Historic Hill District, Dayton's Bluff, and other city districts — exterior work including roofing needs sign-off from the Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) before DSI will issue the building permit. We identify this early and build the extra review time into your schedule.
Around St. Paul
St. Paul is a city of distinct neighborhoods stitched together by the Mississippi River bluffs, and our 300 St. Paul jobs are spread across nearly all of them — Summit Hill mansions, Frogtown two-stories, Midway warehouses and everything in between. Our own shop at 680 Transfer Rd sits in the Midway, the district built up around the Minnesota Transfer Railway yards, a few minutes from University Avenue, the State Capitol and I-94. After hail or wind, call or text and we'll get an inspection scheduled.
St Paul roofing questions
Do I need a permit to replace my roof in St. Paul?
Yes, if the job's value is over $500. St. Paul's Department of Safety and Inspections requires a building permit for reroofing under the Minnesota Residential Code. Repair King pulls the permit and schedules the required inspection.
My house is in a St. Paul historic district — does that affect my roof?
It can. Properties in a designated Heritage Preservation District or individual heritage site, such as parts of Summit Hill or Dayton's Bluff, need Heritage Preservation Commission review of exterior work, including some roofing, before the city issues a permit. We flag this during your inspection and account for the extra review time.
When did hail last hit St. Paul?
NOAA storm reports show 2.25-inch hail near St. Paul job sites on June 19, 2026 — the largest we've had reported here since 2015 — and 1.5-inch hail on September 21, 2025. Run a free Roof & Storm Report for the history at your exact address.
Does Repair King work on commercial and multifamily roofs in St. Paul?
Yes. Our St. Paul files include churches, a motel, restaurants, apartment buildings and townhome and condo associations, in addition to single-family homes.
What do I get from a Repair King inspection?
A dated photo report covering roof slopes or membrane, vents, flashing, gutters, siding and windows, so you have a clear record of your property's condition.
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